Shanghai Dreams (Qinghong) (2005)
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59% of users liked it
(668 ratings)
A young girl living with her family in rural China finds both her father and the rapidly changing times weighing heavily on her dreams in this drama from filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai. At the dawn of the 1980s, modern sensibilities had reached to the furthest corners of the globe, but previous political… More A young girl living with her family in rural China finds both her father and the rapidly changing times weighing heavily on her dreams in this drama from filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai. At the dawn of the 1980s, modern sensibilities had reached to the furthest corners of the globe, but previous political obligation had forced some loyal Chinese families to move to remote border provinces in hopes of establishing a stronger line of defense against possible invasion. Qinghong's family was one such family, though her father's growing regret of having uprooted his life for an invasion that never came has been weighing heavily on his conscience. As dreams of returning to Shanghai haunt his sleep, Qinghong's father vows not to let his daughter establish roots in the remote region in hopes that when the time comes, his clan can return to the modern world from which they came so long ago. In his quest to ensure that Qinghong is ready when that time comes, he isolates his daughter by crushing her dreams with poisonous rhetoric and attempting to ensure that her crush on a local boy doesn't have the opportunity to develop into something deeper. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Xiaoshuai Wang, Wang Xiaoshuai
- Written By
- Xiaoshuai Wang
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 17, 2005 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Anton Bitel, musicOMH.com
Revolution is shown as a force both for liberation, and for tragic catastrophe
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Kim Voynar, Cinematical
Viewed in the context of the progression of Wang's work ... Shanghai Dreams represents a progression of sorts in his attempt to portray migrants in China in a more sympathetic light ...
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Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
Skilfully filmed but fairly dull, this drama paints a remarkable portrait of life in China's factory towns in the 1980s.
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Cast
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Gao Yuanyuan
as Qing Hong
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Li Bin
as Honggen
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Yan Anlian
as Wu Zemin Qinghong's Father
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Xueyang Wang
as Xiao Zhen
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Qin Hao
as Lu Jun
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Yang Tang
as Zhou Meifen Qinghong's Mother
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Wang Ziaofan
as Wu Qingmu
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Wang Xiaofan
as Qinghong's Brother
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Dai Wenyan
as Xiao Zhen's Mother
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Yuan Lin
as Xiao Zhen's Father
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Sun Qingchang
as Wang Enhua
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You Fangming
as Lu Jun's Father
- Huang Juan
- Long Huaizhong
- Lei Yu
- Tang Jinsheng
- Qiu Jinjin
- Liu Wenjie
- Dong Yu
- Yuan Chanjuan
- Zhang Xin
- Bing Yang
- Yuanyuan Gao
- Bin Li
- Anlian Yao
